This was the first tree I ever received, kicking off my journey into the world of Bonsai. It was a Moreton Bay Fig that I got for Christmas 2014 from my in-laws, along with a stick in a pot Benji. Ever since bonsai took over my partner has been furious it wasn't her that got me the trees haha.
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Two years on and it's still alive, but hasn't really progressed much. When I received it the tree was growing high up out of the ground, with roots only on the ends of 3 long mediocre twirling roots. There was a large scar at the rear of the tree where another root had been removed poorly.
The original substrate it was in was organic and held far too much water, causing this tree to get root rot over the summer of 2015-16. Due to the rot affecting the roots coupled with me moving the tree into a better position, it stressed the tree into pushing out some aerial roots around February 2016 (and not nice ones either haha).
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Still with no real direction I repotted the tree in March 2016, in an attempt to remove the roots affected by the root rot.
The tree was replanted into a (250mm?) orchid pot, in a 50%/50% pine bark and diatomite mix to try regain some vigour. At the time I pressed a large rock up under the roots to try fill some negative space under there, in order to force the roots to grow down around it in a nicer shape. From there the tree was left to grow freely for 12 months *cough* neglected...*cough*.
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